A Dermoid Cyst of the Round Ligament Clinically Misdiagnosed as Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia

2010 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Ergun ◽  
H. Lakadamyali
2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moh'd Shafiq Ramadan ◽  
Huda Al-Zuhd ◽  
Anas Atari

Abstract Aim “For pre operative optimization and educational purposes, rare possibilities should be included in the differential diagnosis”” Material and Methods “CASE REPORT. Inguinal hernia is one of the common operations done by surgeons, often diagnosed clinically. Here we present a case of 29 year old male patient presented with inguinal swelling for 3 years. He was admitted for the surgical ward as a case of incarcerated inguinal hernia for elective repair under GA. Intra op the mass was not consistent with inguinal hernia, two other possibilities were a concern that can cause the swelling; 1) testes, which was excluded by examining the scrotum, 2) Dermoid/Epidermoid cyst which was checked by the mass content of hair and pasty fluid” Results “DERMOID CYST” Conclusions “Most surgeons depend on clinical picture in diagnosing inguinal hernia, thus even other rare possibilities should be included in the differential diagnosis. Unusual presentations of inguinal hernia should be having radiological evaluated.”


2021 ◽  
Vol 06 (06) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarmukh S ◽  
Tan YL ◽  
Ramesh T ◽  
Chew LG

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoforos Efthimiadis ◽  
Aristeidis Ioannidis ◽  
Marios Grigoriou ◽  
Konstantinia Kofina ◽  
Domniki Gerasimidou

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Najjar ◽  
Marc Mandel

Leiomyomas are common benign gynecologic tumors occurring in up to 30% of women. Round ligament leiomyomas however are very rare and, if symptomatic, can present as an inguinal hernia. We report the case of a 47-year-old woman who presented with an irreducible inguinal mass consistent with an incarcerated hernia. Intraoperatively, the mass was found to be a round ligament leiomyoma, a diagnosis that was confirmed by histopathology following excision of the mass. Although rare, round ligament leiomyomas should be part of the differential diagnosis of an inguinal hernia in females.


1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemary Leeming ◽  
Margaret Olsen ◽  
Jeffrey L. Ponsky

2017 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 334-338
Author(s):  
Arcenio Luis Vargas-Ávila ◽  
Luis Ernesto Gómez-Montoya ◽  
José César Guidos-Gil ◽  
José Luis Ávila-Rivera ◽  
Óscar Huerta-García de León ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 1409-1412
Author(s):  
Yousuke ASAI ◽  
Toshio NAKAMURA ◽  
Kiyotaka KURACHI ◽  
Tadataka HAYASHI ◽  
Akihito NAKAJIMA ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-189
Author(s):  
AB Vico Aria ◽  
SC Alonso García ◽  
S Calzado Baeza ◽  
M Martín Díaz ◽  
F Herrera Fernández

Resumen Antecedentes: la enfermedad hidatídica es una antropozoonosis causada en la mayoría de las ocasiones por el cestodo Echinococcus granulosus (EG), caracterizada por la aparición de quistes que pueden desarrollarse en diversos órganos, fundamentalmente en hígado y pulmones. Sin embargo, la aparición de estos quistes a nivel inguinal es muy infrecuente, con muy pocos casos registrados en la literatura científica. Objetivo: presentar el caso de un paciente diagnosticado de hernia inguinal incarcerada secundaria a hidatidosis peritoneal difusa. Caso clínico: varón de 27 años e intervenido de forma urgente por tumoración inguinal irreductible y dolorosa de 24 horas de evolución. En quirófano se evidencia una hernia inguinal indirecta con presencia de saco herniario que contenía epiplón sin signos de sufrimiento y en su parte distal una tumoración, pétrea y adyacente al teste derecho, la cual fue extirpada en su totalidad. El paciente fue estudiado tras los hallazgos quirúrgicos y anatomopatológicos que informaron de lesión pseudoquística y granulomatosa, por lo que se realizó una tomografía computarizada (TC) que informó de una hidatidosis peritoneal difusa. Conclusión: la presentación de la enfermedad hidatídica peritoneal como una hernia inguinal complicada es extremadamente rara.


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